Jim Wych

Template:Infobox snooker player Jim Wych Template:Needs IPA (born 11 January 1955 in Calgary)<ref name="87HALE">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="WHOWHO" /> is a Canadian sports commentator and former professional snooker and pocket billiards player. He turned professional in 1979<ref name="87HALE" /> and reached the quarter-final of the 1980 World Snooker Championship in his debut year,<ref name="WHOWHO">Template:Cite book</ref> and reached the world championship quarter-final stage again in 1992.<ref name="KOBY">Template:Cite book</ref> Wych also reached the quarter-finals of two other ranking tournaments, the 1986 British Open and the 1989 European Open. He reached the final of the men's doubles at the 1991 World Masters, playing with Brady Gollan.<ref name="PMJW" />

A two-time Canadian amateur champion, in 1979<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and 1999,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Wych retired from professional snooker in 1997 and now works mainly as a television pool and snooker commentator, including for Sky Sports, where he started working in the early 1990s.<ref name="PMJW" />

Wych was ranked in the top 64 players each year for 15 consecutive seasons, from 1980/1981 to 1994/1995. His highest career ranking was 17, in the snooker world ranking lists for 1980/1981 and 1981/1982.<ref name="PMJW">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 4

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	1980	Canadian Professional Championship	Template:Flagicon Cliff Thorburn	6–9<ref name=CAJT1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Runner-up	2.	1981	Pot Black	Template:Flagicon Cliff Thorburn	0-2<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Runner-up	3.	1986	Canadian Professional Championship (2)	Template:Flagicon Cliff Thorburn	2–6<ref name=CAJT1/>
Runner-up	4.	1988	Canadian Professional Championship (3)	Template:Flagicon Alain Robidoux	4–8<ref name=CAJT1/>

Team finals: 1

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Team/partner	Opponent(s) in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	1991	World Masters	Template:Nowrap	Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	5–8<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Amateur finals: 2 (2 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1979	Template:Nowrap	Template:Flagicon Template:Sort	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Winner	2.	1999	Template:Nowrap (2)	Template:Flagicon Template:Sort	6–4<ref name=CBSA1/>

References

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